Physician – Medical Director, Community Based Outpatient Clinic Supervisor

Join our Team at the Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Livermore, CA as a Physician – Medical Director, Community Based Outpatient Clinic Supervisor!

This is your opportunity for career growth and leadership development! The opportunity to serve as a Medical Director for a Community Based Outpatient Clinic VA Primary Care Clinic and work with a dynamic, collaborative, and engaged local leadership team to manage high quality & efficient health care on site.

At VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Livermore VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, we stress the principles of servant leadership; the Medical Director will benefit from training and gain experience in effective communication, data management, and process improvement for success on the front line. Managerial duties will include staff deployment & leave administration, human resources management & labor relations, professional practice review & evaluation, and planning & implementation around existing system imperatives. The Medical Director will also have freedom and support to explore and develop or tailor new initiatives and projects to meet service performance metrics and/or health system strategic goals at their sites. The role will afford regular mentorship and interaction with Service level & Executive Leadership, including daily huddling, recurring site and system wide meetings, and championship of one or more broad performance metrics. The Medical Director will have a reduced clinical load commensurate with the size/complexity of the site and the number of staff reports. Additional reductions may be considered for additional skills and work in various areas of key interest such as whole-health deployment.

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary range from $303,077 to $325,000 (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience).

1. Work Schedule: Full-time. Schedule will be determined by supervisor.
2. Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.
3. Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time-off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME).
4. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
5. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
6. Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.
7. CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification).
8. Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
9. Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

We encourage you to consider VA employment in Livermore, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.

Lets connect! david.martinez16@va.gov

The Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System is a large and complex facility with inpatient, outpatient, residential and homeless services. Located in Palo Alto, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley, with beautiful weather, great food, a large multicultural population and a multitude of outdoor activities. Palo Alto is 30 miles from San Francisco, the beach and the mountains.

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service